Creative Friday: Holiday Planner

I confess:
I. am. a. planner.

It is not even Halloween yet, I have been thinking about Thanksgiving and Christmas for several weeks already. With so many festivities between Halloween and New Year’s Eve I feel the need to create a fun & cute place to write down my family’s plans for the holidays. Somehow jotting notes on the junk mail envelope just doesn’t work anymore.

Enter the Holiday Planner. A simple binder OR album (size is your choice) with page protectors.

I used the following MW Products to complete the planner:
Basic Grey: Theme Set – Jovial (BG123)
Basic Grey: 6x6 Paper Pad – Jovial (BG122)
Basic Grey: Chip Sticker Shapes – Jovial (BG130)
Basic Grey: Pops – Jovial (BG133)
Cosmo Cricket: Tiny Type - Black (CC010)
Cosmo Cricket: Tiny Type - Red (CC090)
Ranger: Accents – Glossy (RA043)
Fiskars: Border Punch – Threading Water (FK001)
Ranger: Stickles – Crystal (RA039)

Other items:
2 Inch Black Binder with pocket covers
Black Ink
Paper and binder clips
Ribbon

To begin, cut the chosen pattern paper to fit inside the front and back covers of the binder. This measurement will be determined on the type of binder you choose. Ink edges and decorate with Glossy accents, Chip Sticker Shapes and Stickles.

Cut paper to fit into the spine pocket of the binder. Decorate as desired and slip into pocket.

Choose what you need to keep track of for the holidays and create titled section pages. For mine I created one for gift giving, home decor and food menus.

I created pockets with coordinating paper on the back of the sections. Using the threading Water Punch I created a fun border to hold receipts and notes.

As I use this planner I may need more categories- and with this binder it will be easy to add and modify the sections. Insert coordinating paper in other page protectors to carry the color scheme through the binder.


For actual pages to compose my lists and ideas I plan to use the free printables from this website - there are lots of ideas for what to include in your planner at this site. I just had to make mine with great supplies you know! Remember to not go overboard- this is help you enjoy the holidays not stress over them :)

This is a quick and simple project- the idea can be used for planning other events (wedding, baby showers, etc). You may find this project may make a great gift too!

Happy Scrappin!

Product Highlight: Halloween Tags

Halloween is 4 days away now. Time is flying by way too fast. Christmas will be here before we know it. This weeks product highlight is for those of you looking for a quick and easy last minute idea for candy for the trick or treaters and/or halloween party. I created these 2 tags using Pink Paislee's Hocus Pocus line. I love the colors of the papers and especially love the Glitter Element Stickers. I love anything with bling and shine! So without furtther ado, here they are.

MW Products Used:
--Pink Paislee: Hocus Pocus Collection
--6X6 Paper Pad (green flourish, purple damask, purple stripe)
--Canvas Borders (pointed border)
--Press-Ons (“Halloween”, “Trick or Trick”, Orange Skull)
--Glitter Elements Stickers (spider, bat, skull & cross bones)
--Tattered Angels: Glimmer Mists – Heidi Swapp (Black Magic)
--Distress Ink: Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint, Crushed Olive
--Fiskars: Threading Water Border Punch
--Ranger: Ink Blending Tool and Foam
--Crop-A-Dile

Non-MW Products Used:
--2 Shipping Tags (from Staples or other Office Supply Store)
--Distress Ink: Dusty Concord
--7” Orange Organza Ribbon
--7” Orange & Black Pumpkin Ribbon
--12” Orange Happy Halloween Ribbon
--12” White Pumpkin Ribbon

Directions:
Tag 1:
Step 1: Using Ink Blending Tool, ink both sides of tag with Spiced Marmalade.


Step 2: Using Black Magic Glimmer Mist, spray both sides of tag. (Spray one side, let it dry, then spray other side.)


Step 3: Cut green paper into a 2 ¼” X 2 ¾” piece. Ink edges with Crushed Olive. Cut a strip of the purple striped paper and use border punch on one edge. Adhere to bottom of tag and trim. Repeat again on other side of tag. Adhere green piece to front of tag above border.

Step 4: Embellish tag. Apply “Halloween” rub-on along bottom of green paper and skull & cross bones rub-on above “Halloween” and to the right of the tag. Punch 2 small holes to the left side of the skull rub-on. Adhere glitter spider sticker to tag above green paper. Tie orange & black pumpkin ribbon at top of tag. Tie a lollipop to tag by skull rub-on with white pumpkin ribbon.

Tag 2:
Step 1: Using Ink Blending Tool, ink both sides of tag with Peeled Paint.


Step 2: Crumble tag up, open and lay flat.


Step 3: Using Ink Blending Tool, ink both sides of tag lightly over wrinkles with Dusty Concord.


Step 4: Cut purple paper into a 2 ¼” X 2” piece. Ink edges with Dusty Concord. Adhere a strip of the pointed canvas border to bottom of tag and trim. Repeat again on other side of tag. Adhere glitter bat sticker above border. Adhere purple piece of paper to front of tag above bat.

Step 5: Embellish tag. Apply “trick or treat” rub-on on bottom right of purple paper and adhere glitter skull & cross bones sticker above rub-on. Punch 2 small holes to the left side of the skull sticker and rub-on. Tie orange organza ribbon at top of tag. Tie a lollipop to tag by skull sticker and rub-on with orange “happy Halloween” ribbon.



So there you go. Have fun making these and come up with your own variation of these tags. And Have a Safe and Happy Halloween!:)

Happy Scrappin'!

Creative Friday: Let's Get Spooky!

With Halloween only nine days away, let's create a fun home decor item for your house - haunted or not! MemoryWorks now has the Tim Holtz Seasonal Masks (TH018) and Tim Holtz Seasonal Salvage Stickers (TH016) in stock - just in time to make some fun holiday creations!

I created this fun door hanger using the "witch" mask from the Tim Holtz Seasonal Masks (TH018):

Supplies used:

• We R MemoryKeepers Corner Chomper
• Ink Blending Tool (RA012)
• Tim Holtz Seasonal Salvage Stickers (TH-016)
• Tim Holtz Seasons Mask (TH018)
• Perfect Pearls Mist in Kiwi (RA049)
• Distress Ink in Black Soot (RA011)
• Stickles in Black Diamond (RA041) and Crystal (RA039)
• Glossy Accents (RA043)
• Non-stick Craft Mat (RA001)
• Tattered Angels Heidi Swapp Crepe Paper Ribbon (Spring/Summer 2010 MW Catalog)
• Tattered Angels Heidi Swapp Clear Stamp - Rockin' Renaissance set: "Book Print" stamp
• Green polka dot ribbon
• White tag
• American Crafts Thickers, October Afternoon Mini Market Stickers in Black & Cream
• Plain Chipboard (I used a thin scrap piece from 12x12 paper pad backing)
• Circle Cutter (I used my Coluzzle, but the We R Memory Keepers Magnetic Circle Cutter (WR014) would work great!)
• Art Knife WR017 (to cut chipboard to size)

Directions:
1.  Cut chipboard to desired size, use Corner Chomper to round corners. Cut circular hole for door knob in chipboard.

2.  Place witch mask (sticky side down) on chipboard, then use Ink Blending tool with Black Soot Distress Ink to ink around witch. Be sure to get ink in all the little spaces around the mask. Ink edges of chipboard piece. Stamp "Book Prink stamp" on white tag, ink edges.

3.  With project on non-stick craft mat, spray Perfect Pearls Mist in Kiwi (with witch mask still ink place) over project. Spray strips of crepe ribbon and white tag, as well. Let dry. Remove mask.

4. Add sticker letters for phrase. Add stickles and/or Glossy Accents to letters, as desired. Apply vintage witch sticker to white tag. Embellish with Crystal Stickles.

5. Accordian fold two strips of crepe ribbon, then adhere in a circle. Apply adhesive around door knob hole on chipboard piece, then adhere the crepe ribbon circle to the project. Add white tag with green polka-dot ribbon, tied in a knot.

Happy Crafting!

Wendy's Corner - I Still Love Summertime!!

Wendy's Corner

"Joys of Summer"

yes, Fall is here...

i just LOVE Summertime...and can't seem to let it go!
BBQ, lemonade, sweet fruits...

(well in south Alabama, summer is still here with the warm temps & the fact i live less than an hour from the beach, it really sweet)

so, what better way to capture the fun memories from summer than this sweet mini

i created using the September 2010 Memory Works Express Kit!!

{there are still a few kits left...so hop over & grab one up}

check out these close up pics from the mini....

BUT

even better!

i've put together free full-color PDF download you can grab up here

with all pages revealed from this fun mini book!

enjoy!

Product Wedensday - Never enough Flowers

Maybe it's just me, but I cant get enough of flowers. Recently I learned how to make my own flowers in several different styles. How fun it is to coordinate your flowers with the paper line you are using. I want to share one of my favorites with you today, which only takes about three minutes to complete. And the best part is, Memory Works carries all the supplies I need, the punches


Fiskars Punches
Ranger: Ink Blending Tool
And of course all the beautiful and fun vendor lines MemoryWorks carries. For this flower tutorial I used paper from My Mind's Eye

Supplies

• Double Sided Pattern Paper (Used My Minds Eye)
• 3" Circle Punch (Fiskars)
• 2" Circle Punch (Fiskars)
• 1" Scallop Circle Punch (Fiskars)
• Adhesive
• Brown Ink
• Tim Holtz / Ranger Ink Blending Tool
• Pop Dots

Instructions
1. Punch eight (8) 2" Circles

2. Fold two small sides of the circle toward the center, forming a small point.

3. Turn circle over

4. Fold A to B

5. Repeat step 4 on all eight (8), 2" circles.  These will be your petals

6. Adhere petals to 3" circle in a circle pattern

7. Ink edges, as desired

 

8. Adhere scallop circle to the center of the flower with a pop dot.

That's It! Beautiful flower in 3 minutes! Enjoy

Happy Scrapping!!

Kemi
Creative Team Member

October Guest Designer Thriller!

Our October guest designer, Rosann Santos-Elliot, has been busy creating lots of wonderful projects with this month's Express Kit "Thriller"!
Have a look:

"I love halloween so I had a lot of fun with this kit."



"The mini book is made up exclusively from the small paper bags. I called it Vintage Halloween b/c the pictures in it are all from my childhood Halloweens. As a child I was almost always a witch. As I got older, I tried to get a little more creative but the witch costumes are classic."

"I created tags from the kraft die cuts included with the kit. Some tags have other pics on them, other tags have journaling. I even used a few brads from the crate paper line. The orange and green were perfect for Halloween."

"Since Halloween is on a weekend, I am thinking Halloween parties will be going on all around town. I painted the card black and adhered the kit's orange ribbon to the bag. One side just has a guest's name. The other side is decorated and ready for trick or treating or collection of the pinata candy. I used the kraft paper die cuts to decorate the bag. I even embossed the bats. Using an embossing pen I drew a spider web freehand and embossed the web. You can also paint the bag completely white, adhere black ribbon, add some black eyes and a black mouth and BOO, you have a ghost place card bag."

"The layout and and card were quick and easy and basic. "


"The flowers were spritzed with mist and I used a black and white brad from the LUSH collection."